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 Seoul, South Korea travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Seoul, South Korea.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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| P Millett |
10 November 2003 |
Stayed at Hamilton Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Try Tondaemong for night shopping of clothing and fake brand goods. The department stores there (Named: Miliogne, API, etc..) are deliberately full of fakes or imitations, and the quality is very good, compared to those sold on the street. "DO" haggle on prices, and "DO" keep your smile. Try the Shilla Hotel for a BIG Duty free complex, or for the nice ambience & mountain view from their lobby coffee lounge.
Itaewon is the best place for fake rolex watches etc... Just walk into any shop that sells watches there, and ask quietly to see their fake watches. They will pull out a suitcase, and show you several examples for sale, including graded copies of the same watch. Level 1 copy, Level 2 copy etc... They have several brands. Louis Vuitton bags etc.. also abound in Itaewon. Buy your ginseng tea and capsules etc. at the supermarket, to avoid getting ripped off on prices.
Avoid entering any bar in Itaewon where girls try to call you in or drag you in. Korean locals told me that these places were just rip off girly bars that charge you 2-5times the price of the same drink had in a normal bar. Seoul's a great city, and much more organized and pretty and less noisy and dirty than Tokyo I thought. Enjoy!
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| W Yoong |
29 October 2003 |
Stayed at Seoul Prince Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Wonderful grilled fish eateries near the hotel. Economical but delicious. walk out of hotel, turn left. Continue walking towards the intersection and near lunchtime (1130am), you will smell the strong fish fragrance from a little lane. Two wonderful little eateries selling korean food. Be there by 12 noon cos it will be packed by locals.
Also in Namdeamum at night. A saxophone player hawker is there selling his fried fishsticks with either shrimp, chilli, crab. He played a wonderful tune for us on his sax.. and each fishstick is only W700! Bring lots of money to shop and eat!
I'll be back!
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| J Anglehart |
29 October 2003 |
Stayed at Crown Insadong, Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Insadong is a wonderful place to visit, make sure that you have enough time to visit the galleries, palaces and numerous beautiful boutiques. I was in transit from Australia to Canada and i bought all my gifts in Insadong: beautiful ceramics, jewelleries, healthy green tea, etc. I needed more time!
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| J Gibbons |
14 October 2003 |
Stayed at Best Western New Seoul Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Seoul is a fascinating city. It's the world's third largest (within city limits) at 9+ million, but is very user-friendly. We had no problem using the highly efficient metro system. Although most locals don't speak much English, we were able to function just fine. Many restaurants have English menus or have the food on display in the window. The Seoul Financial Center has a two-floor underground restaurant mall. We loved walking around the Insadong area and the palaces nearby. Prices seemed reasonable.
The transfer from Incheon Airport takes just a little over one hour in the luxury Korean Air (blue) bus. Passengers from any airline can use this service. It stops across the street from the New Seoul at the Koreana Hotel ($12 one way). From there you must walk down the block, to the pedestrian subway in order to cross the street. The view from Seoul Tower is worth seeing. New Seoul is within walking distance of the enormous Namdaemun Market area.
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| J Flynn |
06 October 2003 |
Stayed at Hamilton Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Took tour of a Korean folk village. Enjoyed very much. Learned a lot about Korean customs. Went to Korean baseball game, enjoyed the passion the fans had for their team...very loud. Went to Lotte World (Korean disney), good for kids. Korea is very easy to get around. Cabs are everywhere and are very cheap (cabs have english speaking phones in case of problems). Subway is also very cheap and can get you anywhere in Seoul. If you like shopping, daytime and nightime markets are excellent value in Seoul and can be reached by cab or train very easily.
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| J Naess |
05 October 2003 |
Stayed at Crown Insadong, Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Visited a couple of palaces pretty close to the hotel (Changdeokgung with Secret Garden and Gyeongbokgung), the National Folk Museum, the Namdaemun-market and spent some time in Insadong cultural district with lots of small shops of arts and crafts and several places to eat. We can recommend all these attractions and areas, and we certainly liked Seoul a lot.
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| M Van steenburg |
03 October 2003 |
Stayed at Hamilton Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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I visited and bought suits from Mr. Park at New York Tailors. He speaks very good english and has outstanding fabric with the most reasonable price. He measured, made the suits and they fit perfectly. A very honest and fair merchant who makes outstanding suits (men and women).
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| R Payne |
03 October 2003 |
Stayed at Hamilton Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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Seoul is a wonderful place to visit. The markets are lots of fun with plenty of great bargains. The national train system, Korail, is excellent and a bargain if you purchase the pass prior to your visit.
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| C Lopez |
01 October 2003 |
Stayed at Sofitel Ambassador Seoul - Seoul, South Korea.
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First timers who just come into Korea from Inchon Aiport should take KAL Bus Limousine. The cost is only 16,000 won = 16US$. You can take this bus in front of the Airport on the first floor straight to the Hotel. If you plan to take a taxi expect to pay 85 US$.
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| L Sam |
29 September 2003 |
Stayed at Lees Seoul, Hotel - Seoul, South Korea.
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If you have the chance to catch "NANTA", a great tourist venue, I recommend it. It's an amazing show with ear catching rhythms & comedic, lively acts.
The Korean Folk Village is a good venue if you want to learn about basic korean culture.
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